Long Xi Vlessing 龙喜
I’m a photographer, filmmaker, and visual artist from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, living and working on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including that of the Skwxwú7mesh, xʷməθkwəy̓əm, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ nations, and in Montréal, Québec, on the unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka (Tiohtià:ke).
longxivlessing@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2018 - 2022 Bachelor of Arts — Specialization in Communication Studies, awarded with Great Distinction —Concordia University, Montréal
2021 Charles Gagnon Award, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University, Montréal
2018 British Columbia Achievement Scholarship Award and District Authority Scholarship Award in Applied Design, Skills and Technologies, awarded by the Government of British Columbia
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 A Bag Full of Acorns, A Bag Full of Ashes, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver
2021 ISO, 16 E Cordova, Vancouver
GROUP EXHIBITION
2024 for the love of the game, Céline Bureau & Espace Loulou, Montréal
2024 Lilypad Magazine: F*ck, what’s my job today? Waste Space, London, UK
2024 Wide Open, 32 Rue Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2023 Maternal Instinct, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver
2023 Scorch, Rialto Theatre, Montréal
2023 Blanket Song, Gathering Place Community Centre, Vancouver
2023 Head, Dillon Ojo Fest, Montréal
2022 Blanket Song, A Living Taste Gallery, Vancouver
2021 Quarantine Qapsule, Emily Carr University of Art and Design eLibrary, Vancouver
FILM
2021 Blanket Song, short film
Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2023
Vancouver Short Film Festival 2023
The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC 2023
Vancouver Chinese Film Festival 2022
Vancouver International Youth Film Festival 2022
Concordia Film Festival, Montréal 2022
International New West Film Fest, BC 2022
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival, Toronto 2022/23
A Living Taste Gallery, Vancouver 2023
Gathering Place Community Centre, Vancouver 2023
Vancouver Short Film Festival 2023
The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC 2023
Vancouver Chinese Film Festival 2022
Vancouver International Youth Film Festival 2022
Concordia Film Festival, Montréal 2022
International New West Film Fest, BC 2022
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival, Toronto 2022/23
A Living Taste Gallery, Vancouver 2023
Gathering Place Community Centre, Vancouver 2023
2019 Portraits d’arbres de Montréal, video collaboration with CitéStudio Montréal 2019
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2022-2025 SSENSE, Montréal, Photographer
2022-2025 Cinema Politica, Montréal, Film Programmer
2021-2022 Orphan Film Symposium, New York University & Concordia University, Montréal, Visual Director
SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATION
2025 Divine Angubua, Long Xi Vlessing’s Queens of the Night, Liminul Magazine, Toronto, Canada
2024 Silver Steak, Wooden Spoon, Community Service Magazine
2024 Getting Over My Fear of Balloons, Lilypad Magazine
2023 Long Xi Vlessing: ISO, Suko Magazine, Montréal, Canada
2020 You say you love my waist but that means nothing to me because a body is a body is a body is a body, Aqua Regia Magazine
COLLECTION
A Bag Full of Acorns, A Bag Full of Ashes
2024 Concordia University Visual Collections Repository, Montréal
ISO
2024 Hard Liver Library, Vancouver
2021 Emily Carr University of Art and Design eLibrary, Vancouver
2021 Canton-sardine Library, Vancouver
2021 Lasalu Art Library, Taipei
2021 British Columbia Quarantine Qapsule, BC